One of greatest African basketballers to ever feature in NBA, Dikembe Mutombo, dies at 58
Dikembe Mutombo last played during the 2008-09 season, devoting his time after retirement to charitable and humanitarian causes. He spoke nine languages and founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, concentrating on improving health, education and quality of life for the people in the Congo.
Fade out: Country music songwriter, singer and actor Kris Kristofferson goes silent forever at 88
Kris Kristofferson, who could recite William Blake from memory, wove intricate folk music lyrics about loneliness and tender romance into popular country music. With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.
Concerns rise in Tanzania after opposition implicates telecoms firm and state in illegal mining data
Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party Tundu Lissu addresses a press conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 25, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Kenya MPs prepare to deputy president in move seen as having President Ruto’s blessings
On Sunday, Mr Rigathi Gachagua told reporters that any impeachment motion would require Ruto’s assent. “Without the president’s go-ahead, the motion cannot reach parliament. If it reaches parliament, it is the president who has authorised it.”
Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
The World Health Organization was scaling up its support and will work with Rwandan authorities to help stop the spread, WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday on the social media platform X.
Unrelenting Israeli strikes and kill Hamas leader in Lebanon, three Palestinian leaders in Beirut
The intensifying Israeli bombardments have killed a string of top officials of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel’s arch-enemy. On Sunday, Israel carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon and against the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen.
Israeli bombs fall as Kenyan, Ethiopian, Filipino and other migrant workers are stranded in Lebanon, passports confiscated
While the bombs fall, the death toll grows, and there are rumours of both a ceasefire and an Israeli ground invasion. Wangari is simply hoping for a new job so she can keep scraping together money to send to her five-year-old son in Nairobi. His name, Jayson, is tattooed across her arm as a reminder of why she is in Lebanon.
Who were the seven high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed in Israeli attacks in past week?
Since 1992, Nasrallah had led the group through several wars with Israel and oversaw the party’s transformation into a powerful player in Lebanon. Hezbollah entered Lebanon’s political arena while also taking part in regional conflicts that made it the most powerful paramilitary force.
Revival time: Model makers in Madagascar bringing history’s long-lost ships back to life
Madagascar has hardly any shipbuilding tradition despite being the world’s fourth largest island. So, Le Village’s own story is one of endeavour.
No let up: Three Palestinian top leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut
Israel’s increasing frequency of attacks against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the Houthi militia in Yemen have prompted fears that Middle East fighting could spin out of control and draw in Iran and the United States, Israel’s main ally.
